Where does “mantelikakku” come from?

mantelikakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish manteli, from Swedish mandel, from German mandel, from Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη — almond; peach stone.

mantelikakku (Finnish): almond cake

Definitions

  1. almond cake

Ancestry of “mantelikakku”, step by step

mantelikakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmantelialmond
2Swedishmandelan almond, a kind of nut; a tonsil
3Germanmandelalmond
4Middle High Germanmandel—
5Old High Germanmandalaalmond
6Latinamygdalaalmond tree; almond; tonsil
7Ancient Greekἀμυγδάληalmond; peach stone

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη →Every word from Latin amygdala →Every word from Old High German mandala →